Recent content by CigarMan

Good evening everyone, Tonight I got into my water glassed eggs (from 3/17/23) and I had 3 eggs that only the shell was cracked, the membrane was intact. I have read in a number of places that if an egg is cracked, it ruins the whole batch. The water looked good, there was no "fowl" odor, I...

Thank you all for the welcome. I look forward to learning more about my chickens.

Is there something I can use to mark her head feathers so I don't disturb her too much?

Thanks for the input, as this is my first rodeo, I did trash the eggs as she was off the eggs for about 6 to 10 hrs when I noticed and started paying attention. I do have some fake eggs so I will start using them. Thanks

Cool, I didn't know that, my wife just looked it up,,, and wow!

We will be driving through KC tomorrow on our way to Ft. Riley.

Hello, my name is Edward, my wife and I live on a small 20-acre homestead. We do everything here 100% chemical free since Nature has been doing it since Creation, so that's how we have been doing it. We do woodchip gardening, and we have 31 hens and 3 roosters, and other critters. Anyhow...

A little background on my 31 hens and 3 roosters, one rooster has been around for quite some time, so I know he knows what he is doing, and the other two are figuring it out. This is their first egg-laying season, as I picked them up on 9/8/22, and were raised without a heat lamp in the chicken...